Leadership is calling in sick the day after you came in dead last in the election you thought you had in the bag.  Too embarrassed to face the staff?   I don’t know why.  You didn’t bother to tell the staff you were running for office, except for those you were making post-election deals with.   You were so very sure of that win that you allegedly promised promotions to loyal staff members or friends – the Assistant Assessor position for one.   

We have all applied for jobs we wanted and not been selected.  We have all applied for jobs where we felt we were the most-qualified candidate and not been selected.  Some of us have applied for jobs where we felt we were the most-qualified candidate and we were not selected by the Assistant Assessor.  

But all of us were expected to come in to work the next day with our head held high.  It is not acceptable for us to allow our personal life to interfere with our performance at work or our attendance at work.  

Why should we expect any less from the Assistant Assessor?  

Apparently it WAS too much to expect from the Assistant Assessor.  Which does not set much of an example for staff.  And this is certainly not the level of responsibility or accountability that one would expect from a longtime senior staff member who presented himself as principled and mature enough to run for public office.